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02 | 07 | 2015 VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 06
Edss ski team hits the slopes in short season SPORTS PAGE 11
COMMENT PAGE 8
Winterbourne Residents seeking council support
Conestogo PS student going a cut above in support of those with cancer Haircut follows school-wide fundraiser, with tresses donated to Locks of Love
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Refrigerated outdoor rink proposed for Elmira site
Council expresses some concerns about ongoing costs for project that would be paid for by fundraising effort, located on township land
whitney neilson There were no lastminute tears of regret, just cheers from the audience as Parker Winfield had his shoulder-length hair chopped off in front of the entire Conestogo Public School on February 4, fittingly on World Cancer Day. The decision to grow his hair out wasn’t inspired by a close friend or family member dealing with cancer, just the desire to make his long locks useful. “I just thought I had my hair kind of long already, and I thought I might as well grow it out and donate it to cancer,” Winfield said. “That’s the best way to do it, right?” He started growing it in November of 2013. Up until the assembly this week, most people didn’t know why he was
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Parker Winfield said goodbye to his long hair on Wednesday as he donated it to Locks of Love after growing it out since 2013. [whitney neilson / the observer]
The weather has been fine of late for outdoor rinks, but that’s not always the case. The solution? Take indoor technology – i.e. refrigeration – and apply it outside. Coming off the recent opening of a skate park, the Woolwich Recreational Facilities Foundation has its sights set on a multi-use sports pad in Elmira. The facility would feature a system to keep the regulation-size ice surface intact during the ups and downs of the winter months, with ball hockey, basketball and
volleyball offered up during the summer. The group’s David Paisley and Ruby Weber made a pitch to Woolwich council February 3, looking for the township to provide a spot for the project. Discussed Tuesday were possible sites in Lions Park and adjacent to Park Manor Public School. The sports pad would be enclosed by boards and glass, similar to an indoor arena, Paisley explained. The refrigeration system would stop the ice from melting out when it gets mild during our “unreliable winters.” Construction costs would be covered by fundraising efforts, similar to the Skate Elmira project, he added, estimating the rink | 2